The official website of the Inu-Ou anime movie revealed on Tuesday the main cast, additional staff, and a teaser trailer. The anime will compete at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in September, and open in Japan in early Summer 2022. The movie was originally scheduled for a 2021 premiere.

Lead singer of Ziyoou-vachi, Avu-chan (Devilman: Crybaby), and Mirai Moriyama (Saint☆Oniisan (Movie)) are starring as Inu-Ou and Tomona, respectively.

Staff
Assistant Director: Fuuga Yamashiro (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!)
Character Designer: Nobutake Itou (Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome)
Chief Animation Director: Yoshimichi Kameda (Mob Psycho 100), Satoshi Nakano (Pokemon Sun & Moon)
Animation Director: Atsuko Fukushima (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni key animation), Yasuhiro Nakura (Metropolis chief animation director), Kenji Maeba (Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara key animation), Tokuyuki Matsutake (Kochouki: Wakaki Nobunaga), Takashi Mukouda (Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru chief animation director), Shuuto Enomoto (Planet With key animation), Hideo Hariganeya (Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Shuurai! Uchuujin Shiriri), Toshihiko Masuda (Juuni Taisen), Norio Matsumoto (Boruto: Naruto the Movie), Nobutake Itou
Art Director: Hideki Nakamura (Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot 1 - Wandering; Agateram)
Color Design: Yuuko Kobari (Great Pretender)
Director of Photograhy: Yoshihiro Sekiya (Cider no You ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru)
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose (Nihon Chinbotsu 2020)
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura (Penguin Highway)
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru)
Recording: Takeshi Imaizumi (Omoide no Marnie)
Sound Production: Tohokushinsha
Music: Yoshihide Ootomo (Piece of Cake live-action)
History Supervision: Yoshihiko Sata (Department of History professor at Rissho University)
Nohgaku Supervision: Keizou Miyamoto
Biwa Supervision: Yukihiro Gotou

Masaaki Yuasa (Ping Pong the Animation) is helming the anime at Science Saru, and Akiko Nogi (I Am a Hero live-action) is penning the script. The movie adapts Hideo Furukawa's Heike Monogatari: Inu-Ou no Maki (Tales of the Heike: Inu-Ou) novel, which was released in 2017.

Teaser Trailer


Source: Cinematoday